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World War II Honoree

Killed in World War II

William Baker

Hometown

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Honored By

A Grateful American

Branch Seal
Activity During WWII

AMERICAN CITIZEN WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH AIR TRAINING PLAN, HELD THE RANK OF FLYING OFFICER AND SERVED AS A PILOT IN THE ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE. ENLISTED ON DECEMBER 18, 1941 AT WINNIPEG, MANITOBA. EARNED HIS PILOT'S FLYING BADGE AT NO. 5 SERVICE FLYING TRAINING SCHOOL, BRANTFORD, ONTARIO ON FEBRUARY 5, 1943. KILLED IN ACTION WITH HIS ENTIRE CREW AT THE AGE OF 24 WHILE ATTACHED TO NO. 570 SQUADRON, ROYAL AIR FORCE (FIGHTER COMMAND) WHEN HIS FLAK DAMAGED SHORT S29 STIRLING MK IV (EF298) CRASHED NEAR RENKUM, GELDERLAND, THE NETHERLANDS DURING OPERATION MARKET GARDEN ON SEPTEMBER 23, 1944. BURIED IN A COLLECTIVE GRAVE AT ARNHEM OOSTERBEEK WAR CEMETERY, OOSTERBEEK, GELDERLAND, THE NETHERLANDS.